Person
Jim Backus
Actor · Crew· Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jim Backus (1913–1989) was a radio, television, film, and voice actor.
Among his most famous credits are The Alan Young Radio Show, I Married Joan, Gilligan's Island, and Rebel Without a Cause. He also starred on his own show The Jim Backus Show.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Rebel Without a Cause
Frank Stark · 1955
Pete's Dragon
The Mayor · 1977
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Tyler Fitzgerald · 1963
Angel Face
District Attorney Judson · 1953
Don't Bother to Knock
Peter Jones · 1952
Good Guys Wear Black
Albert, the Doorman · 1978
Deadline - U.S.A.
Jim Cleary · 1952
His Kind of Woman
1951
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | TV | |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind | President of the U.S. | Film |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | Film |
| 1979 | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Mr. Gibbs | Film |
| 1979 | The Rebels | John Hancock | TV |
| 1979 | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | Film |
| 1979 | Angels' Brigade | Cmdr. Lindsey March | Film |
| 1978 | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Thurston Howell III | Film |
| 1978 | Good Guys Wear Black | Albert, the Doorman | Film |
| 1977 | Never Con a Killer | Stanley Bunch | Film |
| 1977 | Pete's Dragon | The Mayor | Film |
| 1975 | Friday Foster | Enos Griffith | Film |
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Mr. Albertson | Film |
| 1974 | Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Narrator / Santa Claus (voice) | Film |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely To... | Prof. David Tilson | Film |
| 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Timothy Forsythe | Film |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Jim Backus | Film |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Staunch | Film |
| 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Doctor | Film |
| 1970 | Uncle Sam Magoo | Mr. Magoo | Film |
| 1969 | Hello Down There | T.R. Hollister | Film |
| 1969 | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Colonel | Film |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Tru-Blue Lou | Film |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Carter Sillens | Film |
| 1967 | Don't Make Waves | Self (uncredited) | Film |
| 1965 | Billie | Howard G. Carol | Film |
| 1965 | Fluffy | Sergeant | Film |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Whitepaper | Film |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Gen. Willoughby | Film |
| 1964 | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | TV |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | Film |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Bullard Bear | Film |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice | Dr. William Von Hagedorn | Film |
| 1963 | Johnny Cool | Louis Murphy | Film |
| 1963 | Sunday in New York | Chief Pilot Drysdale | Film |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Tyler Fitzgerald | Film |
| 1963 | Operation Bikini | Bosun's Mate Ed Fennelly | Film |
| 1963 | My Six Loves | Sheriff | Film |
| 1962 | Zotz! | Horatio Kellgore | Film |
| 1962 | Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol | Mr. Quincy Magoo / Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | Film |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The King (segment "The Dancing Princess") | Film |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Peter Bowers | Film |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag | Film |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Dave Husack | Film |
| 1959 | The Wild and the Innocent | Mr. Forbes | Film |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Maxwell | Film |
| 1959 | 1001 Arabian Nights | Uncle Abdul Azziz Magoo (voice) | Film |
| 1958 | Macabre | Sheriff Jim Tyloe | Film |
| 1958 | The High Cost of Loving | Paul Mason | Film |
| 1958 | Gumshoe Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | Film |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | King's Emissary | Film |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Locan | Film |
| 1957 | Top Secret Affair | Col. Homer W. Gooch | Film |
| 1957 | Eighteen and Anxious | Harvey Graham | Film |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Sgt. Hanna | Film |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Psychiatrist | Film |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Danker | Film |
| 1956 | The Great Man | Nick Cellantano | Film |
| 1956 | The Naked Hills | Willis Haver | Film |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Tom Culdane | Film |
| 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Commander Hutch | Film |
| 1955 | Magoo Express | Mr. Magoo | Film |
| 1955 | Madcap Magoo | Mr. Magoo | Film |
| 1955 | Magoo Makes News | Mr. Magoo | Film |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Frank Stark | Film |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | Ben Judson | Film |
| 1954 | Destination Magoo | Mr. Magoo (voice) | Film |
| 1954 | When Magoo Flew | Mr. Magoo/Pilot (voice) | Film |
| 1953 | Above and Beyond | Gen. Curtis E. LeMay | Film |
| 1953 | Angel Face | District Attorney Judson | Film |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin | Mergo | Film |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Centurion | Film |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Charles Barry | Film |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Peter Jones | Film |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Jim Cleary | Film |
| 1952 | Pink and Blue Blues | Mr. Magoo (voice) | Film |
| 1952 | Hotsy Footsy | Mr. Magoo (voice) | Film |
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Flaherty | Film |
| 1951 | M | The Mayor | Film |
| 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Sam Harris | Film |
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